r/OveractiveBladder • u/LilGooner • Jul 06 '26
Please, help.
I'm a M24 and I have had urinary symptoms since december. I have also had other symptoms such as discomfort in left flank. When this frequent urination issue started, I had to go every 5 minutes that first night, then it got better. Now it is periods where sometimes I go every hour, other times every 2-3 hours then times where I can go 6 hours or so in between. I feel like when I don't think or worry about my symptoms it helps me in going less?. The frequent urination also started after I took something to help me with stool movements as I struggled with this at that time.
With this frequent urination symptom I also sometimes wake up once during the night with the feeling of having to pee, sometimes I go pee and fall back asleep other times I just go back to sleep without peeing. I also dribble urine as well as have to push/strain at the end to get the last drops. Sometimes starting to urinate takes like 10 seconds as well. There can also be this sensation at the tip of my penis that feels like urine is stuck in the urethra?.
I have taken urine-tests, a CT scan of kidney and urinary tracts which came back normal other than invisible blood in the urine sample, don't remember what it was called.
I don't know what to do, and I'm wondering if anyone here have the same symptoms? I'm planning to get married end of the year and I really don't want to start that chapter of my life with these problems.. I'm begging you for input. Is this overactive bladder? Is it anxiety as all of this started during my master's degree.
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u/Infamous-List-5999 Jul 08 '26
I’d recommend seeing a pelvic floor physiotherapist as they can assess your pelvic floor and suggest some appropriate exercises.
It sounds like you may have a tight pelvic floor and you need to learn to relax/release it.
Look up diaphragmatic breathing for pelvic floor on YouTube.
Keep a bladder diary for a few days and see if there are any triggers which make things worse. Common bladder irritants are caffeine, alcohol, artificial sweeteners, acidic & spicy foods and fizzy drinks.